Postal greeting folder



July'ls, 1944. .w. H. sAss POSTAL GREETING FOLDER Will/AM fl.

. Filed Sept. 15, 1943 i I W INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY:

Patented July 1 8, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE Q r I masseuse POSTAL-GREETING FOLDER I Winiam'ii'sass, Los Angeles, Califl I; Application September15, 1943, Serial No. 502,710

' 31Clairns 31.229-32) The present invention relates to postal greeting folders.

Many thousands of cards relatin to different types of birthday, holiday and anniversary greetings are manufactured andsold to the trade annually, all of these cards requiring. 'separateenvelopes in which theyare enclosed 'forrmailing, a large proportion of the recipients of these cards usually discarding the envelopes and thewgre'eting cards contained therein after removing and reading the felicitations; r

It is an important object 'ofthis invention to provide a mailable greeting folder which does not require an envelope, thereby effecting a great economy of manufacturing cost in the art to' which the invention pertains,v

Another object of the invention is to provide a greeting folder which in its sealed, mailable condition, without being unsealed, can be cupped or expanded in such a manner that all its in terior faces are rendered sufficiently visible to permit of postal inspection.

-Another important object of the invention is to provide a greeting folder-wherein the printed matter it carries, in the foldedcondition of the sheet, presents its faces to view in a booklet formation so that it maybe read in the same sequence as the pages of a book, this being effected in part by a novel slitting of" the main;

sheet in such a manner as to permit the section of, the sheet adjacent to the-slit to be folded in such a manner as to make each of their exposed faces assume a book-like reading position.

A still further object of, the invention is to.

written and printed matter or for' pictorial or.

ornamental features.-

Other objects, advantages and features of vention will hereinafter. appear.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawing which illustrates whatis at present deemed to be a preferred embodiment ofthe invention,

Fig. 1 is an interior plan view of the article in its unfolded condition. y

Fig. 2 is an exterior planyiew of the article in its unfolded condition or'fof the face thereof opposite to that shown in Fig. 1 on which the postal address is written. j

in their Fig. 3 isa perspective view'of the folder in its folded operative condition ready for sealing.

Fig. 4 is a back face view of the completed folder sealed for mailing.

Fig. 5 isa-view of the address face thereof, it being the face opposite to that shown in Fig. 4. i

Fig. 6. is a perspectiveyiew illustrating how the. article in its postal sealing condition may be transversely compressed or cupped in such a manner as to partly open it for postal inspection.

Referring in detail to the drawing, and first particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the device as seen therein, in its unfolded condition, comprises a generally rectangular foldable main sheet having a length somewhat greater than its width. Said sheet includes a front cover sheet section 8, upon the-back face of which is to be written the name of the addressee, a rear cover sheetsection 9, and a one-piece double central sheet it including sheet: sections ,H and I2. One-side portion of said sheet section H is joined to and continuous with said rear cover sheet section along a fold line [3 and one side portion of said sheet section I2 -isjoined to and continuous with said front cover sheet section along a fold line Hi, the sections I I and I2 forming the unitary double sheet I0 being joined together along a fold line 15.

A straight slit I6 is cut intothe main sheet forming the main sheet are each of the same surface area so that when they are folded to-v gether to form the completed article shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the sealing tab IT may be adhered to the back or outer face of the sheet sec- .tion 9;

article, it may be compressed in an edgewise nevertheless, without unsealing the manner thereby cupping or spreading has shown in Fig. 6 to permit postal inspection of its interior surfaces.

The printed, pictorial matter, etc., will all be inscribed uponthe face of the main sheet which is shown in Fig. 1, and inorder to place such matter in a. readable position in the completed book-let shown in Fig. 3, the matter-on the shes sections 8 and I2 of Fig. 1 must be in a readable position when observed from the left side of this view, and the matter on the sheet sections 9 and H must be readable from the right hand side of this view.

On the back faces of one or both of the sheet sections II and I2 a strip or zone 20 of adhesive coating is provided along that side of the fold line l3-I4 which is farthest from the end of the main sheet which carries the sealing tab l1.

Assuming the completely folded article as viewed in Fig. 3 tom resting upon a. horizontal support with its cover sections 8 and 9 in an extended position and their inside faces directed upwardly, the completed article is seen to have, intervening between said cover sections, a central, one-piece double sheet section which, when in an upstanding position is open along its top edge and along one of its vertical edges, the sheet material thereof continuing across the fold line l5 along its opposite vertical edge, where the sheet is folded upon itself, the otherwise disconnected basal edge portions of the two parts of said double sheet being adhered to each other by the adhesive of the zone of Fig. 2, one side portion of this double sheet section being continuous with the front cover and the other side portion thereof being continuous with the rear cover 9.

- Economy is effected in the manufacture of the article by reason of the sealing tab I! being located at one side only of the mid-width of the main sheet so that, when two of the main sheets are cut out of a parent sheet one of the sealing tabs will occupy the recess appearing at the right side of the tab H of Fig. 1.' 1

The article will be prepared for use by first folding the main'sheet along a lineextending completely across it represented by combining the two fold lines l3 and I4, this being best done, (speaking of Fig; 1) by swinging up toward the observer, the sheet sections II and I2 and then folding them down upon the sheet sections 8 and 9. This operation will bring into View the zone or strip 28 of adhesive which may extend (see Fig. 2) completely across the main sheet, said strip 20, located below fold line I 3-|4 of Fig. 1, having previously been concealed. Thereupon, to complete the folder it will only be necessary to swing the double wing consisting of the superimposed sections 9 and I2 upwardly and then down upon the flap II, the adhesive of the strip 20 having been previously moistened so that when the folded over double wing is pressed firmly down the two sections II and [2 thereof will be interiorly adhered to each other. The result of this last operation will be to produce a folder like that shown in Fig. 3 having the front cover sheet section 8, the rear cover sheet section 9 and a. one-piece double intermediate sheet folded portion consisting of the sheet sections i2 and II. Owing to the provision of the slit IS the rear cover sheet section 9 of the completed folder is unattached along both of its long edges so that it can be swung from open to closed position and vice versa like the last leaf of a booklet.

As to the arrangement of the printed matter upon the main sheetbefore folding, it is to be observed that said printed matter will be in a readable position when viewed from successive positions progressing around the center of the sheet in a counter-clockwise manner starting with the front cover sheet section and the rear cover sheet section.

It should be understood that the present disending with I and equivalents which fall within the scope of the subject matter claimed.

I claim:

1. A postal greeting folder consisting of a main sheet comprising a plurality of sheet sections which has a rectangular body portion with a sealing tab protruding from one of its end edges, there being in said main sheet a longitudinal slit leading at a right angle to said end edge and extending to and terminating at substantially the center of the sheet, thereby dividing off from each other a front cover sheet section and a rear cover sheet section, there being a fold line across the sheet at a right angle to said slit along which said front and rear sections are foldable thereby providinga one-piece double sheet section extending at a right angle to said slit, the center of said fold line coinciding with the inner end of said slit, there being a fold line extending longitudinally along the unslitted part of the double sheet section and located opposite to said slit, said two fold lines and slit defining four rectangular foldable sheet sections of which the two sections forming the double sheet are folded back to back with said fold line forming a common edge of the two sheets, there being a strip of adhesive coating extending at least partly across one back face of the main sheet along that side of the first recited fold line that is farthest from the aforesaid sealing tab whereby to secure the two sections forming the double sheet in their back to back folded condition, said folded sheet forming the central leaf of a folder readable like a book of which said front cover forms the first sheet and said rear cover forms the back sheet.

2. A postal greeting folder consisting of a single piece of sheet material, said folder when disposed upon a horizontal support in a fully extended open position with its inside portion directed upwardly being describable as having a front cover sheet section, a rear cover sheet section, and a one-piece double central sheet including two sheet sections, the inner edge portion of one of said two sheet sections being continuous with said front cover sheet section and the inner edge portion of the other of said two sheet sections being continuous with said back cover sheet section. said single piece of sheet material having a slit leading into it along its midwidth from its center to one of its ends, said slit severing one of the edge portions of said back cover sheet section from said front cover sheet section, there being a fold line extending across the sheet at a right angle to said slit, the center of said fold line coinciding with the inner end of said slit, there being a fold line extending along the unslitted part of the sheet and located opposite to said slit, said two sheet sections of said double central sheet being folded back to back along said fold line bringing the inner face of one of said two sheet sections opposite the inner face of the front cover sheet section, and the inner face of the other of said two sheet sections opposite the inner face of said rear cover sheet section in which position all of the faces are readable consecutively like the pages of a booklet, and means carried by said folder to secure the two sheet sections of said double central sheet together to form the central leaf of a three leaf folder.

being in said main sheet a longitudinal slit leading at a right angle to said end edge and extending to and terminating at substantially the center of the sheet, thereby dividing off from each other a front cover sheet section and a rear cover sheet section, there being a fold line across the sheet at a right angle to said slit along which said front and rear sections are foldable thereby providing a one-piece double sheet section extending at a right angle to said slit, the center of said fold line coinciding with the inner end of said slit,

fold lines and slit defining four rectangular foldable sheet sections of which the two sections forming the double sheet are folded back to back With said fold line forming a common edge of the two sheets, and means "to secure the two sections forming the double sheet in the back to back folded condition, said folded sheet forming the central leaf of a folder readable like a book of which said front cover forms the first sheet there being a fold line extending longitudinally If and said rear cover forms the back sheet.

along the unslitted part of the double sheet section and located opposite to said slit, said two W'ILLIAM H. SASS. 

